Fort Gay Pre K-8

Summary:

Fort Gay Pre K-8 is an elementary school located in Fort Gay, West Virginia, serving grades Pre-K through 8 with a student population of 551, predominantly White. While the school is part of the Wayne County Schools district, which is ranked 15th out of 55 districts in the state, Fort Gay Pre K-8 has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages in academic performance.

The school's proficiency rates in Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science are significantly lower than the district and state averages, with the school ranking in the bottom half of West Virginia elementary schools for several years. This underperformance is particularly pronounced for White students, male students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, while the school performs better for special education students and multi-racial students. Nearby schools like Ceredo-Kenova Elementary and Prichard Elementary have significantly higher academic performance and rankings compared to Fort Gay Pre K-8.

The school's academic performance has been declining over the years, with proficiency rates dropping significantly from the 2020-2021 school year to the 2022-2023 school year. This decline may be attributed to the school's high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 63.42% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2020-2021 school year. However, the school's strong performance in special education and multi-racial student subgroups suggests that it may have effective strategies in place that could be explored and potentially replicated to improve the overall academic performance of the school.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 1 Viking Dr
       Fort Gay, WV  25514-1800


(304) 648-5404

District: Wayne County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
268th of 368 West Virginia Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,473 Help


Students who attend Fort Gay Pre K-8 usually attend:

High:    Tolsia High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.7 Help
Number of students:  551

Racial breakdown:

White:
98.0%
African American:
0.9%
Two or more races:
0.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  63.4% Help


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Compare Details Fort Gay Pre K-8 ranks worse than 72.8% of elementary schools in West Virginia. It also ranks last among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Wayne County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.01. (See more...)
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Compare Details Fort Gay Pre K-8 ranks worse than 81.1% of middle schools in West Virginia. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.98. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (98%), African American (0.9%), two or more races (0.9%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fort Gay Pre K-8 is 13.7. 7 elementary schools in the Wayne County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fort Gay Pre K-8 is $11,473. 7 elementary schools in the Wayne County Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fort Gay Pre K-8:

SchoolDigger ranks Fort Gay Pre K-8 268th of 368 West Virginia public elementary schools. (See Fort Gay Pre K-8 in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Fort Gay Pre K-8 137th of 169 West Virginia public middle schools. (See Fort Gay Pre K-8 in the ranking list.)

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Wayne County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Wayne County Schools 15th of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fort Gay Pre K-8

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2015 29.40 335th 408 17.9%
2016 31.16 303rd 402 24.6%
2017 35.90 279th 399 30.1%
2018 26.20 329th 392 16.1%
2019 35.60 266th 383 30.5%
2021 13.06 371st 380 2.4%
2022 24.22 321st 375 14.4%
2023 28.68 291st 368 20.9%
2024 33.01 268th 368 27.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 55.13 79th 218 63.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 56.37 99th 377 73.7%
2018 31.33 200th 258 22.5%
2019 22.69 163rd 185 11.9%
2023 56.57 65th 180 63.9%
2024 47.41 89th 183 51.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 41.70 231st 382 39.5%
2018 47.48 198th 368 46.2%
2021 24.02 304th 335 9.3%
2022 28.26 289th 347 16.7%
2023 36.45 230th 333 30.9%
2024 39.70 219th 336 34.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 40.99 252nd 381 33.9%
2018 38.67 244th 366 33.3%
2019 49.78 165th 339 51.3%
2021 22.45 287th 322 10.9%
2022 23.08 283rd 325 12.9%
2023 21.01 282nd 317 11.0%
2024 35.06 232nd 316 26.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 38.28 99th 146 32.2%
2022 50.99 66th 154 57.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 33.63 285th 382 25.4%
2018 18.36 340th 364 6.6%
2019 24.31 288th 338 14.8%
2021 11.97 330th 333 0.9%
2022 28.52 264th 330 20.0%
2023 39.93 203rd 322 37.0%
2024 32.60 247th 325 24.0%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 33.92 281st 382 26.4%
2018 26.07 322nd 374 13.9%
2019 34.91 261st 373 30.0%
2021 13.46 364th 376 3.2%
2022 24.21 316th 373 15.3%
2023 27.79 297th 366 18.9%
2024 31.76 275th 367 25.1%
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Data source: test scores: West Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Fort Gay Pre K-8

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Rank History for all middle school students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2015 16.81 159th 173 8.1%
2016 10.40 166th 172 3.5%
2017 24.36 154th 176 12.5%
2018 18.36 152nd 170 10.6%
2019 44.92 88th 171 48.5%
2021 21.09 154th 171 9.9%
2022 25.85 138th 169 18.3%
2023 24.79 142nd 168 15.5%
2024 24.98 137th 169 18.9%
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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 51.69 46th 107 57.0%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 48.39 30th 67 55.2%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 39.46 111th 174 36.2%
2018 34.86 111th 142 21.8%
2019 26.43 113th 130 13.1%
2023 35.62 97th 132 26.5%
2024 28.22 106th 128 17.2%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 30.47 140th 176 20.5%
2018 31.73 124th 165 24.8%
2021 44.57 86th 164 47.6%
2022 35.74 113th 162 30.2%
2023 36.57 111th 162 31.5%
2024 44.23 89th 164 45.7%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 35.74 126th 174 27.6%
2018 21.79 149th 166 10.2%
2019 44.15 91st 162 43.8%
2021 29.80 126th 162 22.2%
2022 26.73 137th 164 16.5%
2023 29.31 125th 158 20.9%
2024 21.52 141st 158 10.8%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 25.12 112th 129 13.2%
2022 20.07 124th 131 5.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 23.24 154th 176 12.5%
2018 26.31 135th 164 17.7%
2019 50.14 74th 161 54.0%
2021 22.61 149th 164 9.1%
2022 28.21 128th 161 20.5%
2023 22.66 140th 158 11.4%
2024 32.65 121st 165 26.7%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Fort Gay Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 22.17 153rd 176 13.1%
2018 16.87 151st 167 9.6%
2019 43.82 91st 168 45.8%
2021 20.76 154th 170 9.4%
2022 25.45 138th 168 17.9%
2023 25.00 140th 168 16.7%
2024 24.34 139th 169 17.8%
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Data source: test scores: West Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: West Virginia Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Fort Gay Pre K-8

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2014 581 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 590
2015 563 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 570
2016 565 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 572
2017 539 1 1 1 0 0 8 0 550
2018 576 1 1 2 0 0 7 0 587
2019 553 4 0 2 0 0 6 0 565
2020 542 1 0 1 0 0 10 0 554
2021 541 5 0 1 0 0 8 0 555
2022 506 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 514
2023 540 5 0 1 0 0 5 0 551

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fort Gay Pre K-8

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2014 590 42.2 13.9 n/a
2015 570 43.0 13.2 58.4
2016 572 44.0 13.0 63.5
2017 550 40.5 13.5 53.8
2018 587 38.7 15.1 66.6
2019 565 40.0 14.1 69
2020 554 42.0 13.1 70.4
2021 555 41.0 13.5 63.4
2022 514 42.0 12.2 n/a
2023 551 40.0 13.7 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fort Gay Pre K-8

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2014 590 42.2 13.9 n/a
2015 570 43.0 13.2 58.4
2016 572 44.0 13.0 63.5
2017 550 40.5 13.5 53.8
2018 587 38.7 15.1 66.6
2019 565 40.0 14.1 69
2020 554 42.0 13.1 70.4
2021 555 41.0 13.5 63.4
2022 514 42.0 12.2 n/a
2023 551 40.0 13.7 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Fort Gay Pre K-8

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,822 (15.9%) $9,651 (84.1%) $11,473

Data source: West Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Fort Gay Pre K-8

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 266th of 383 Elementary schoolsRanks 291st of 368 Elementary schools
 9.6%
Ranks 88th of 171 Middle schoolsRanks 142nd of 168 Middle schools
 33.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Fort Gay Pre K-8)30.745.7
 15.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Schools)5561.2
 6.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)50.951.6
 0.7%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Fort Gay Pre K-8)2139.1
 18.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wayne County Schools)4549.5
 4.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)4439.9
 4.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Fort Gay Pre K-8)46.922.6
 24.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Schools)55.545.3
 10.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)47.345.7
 1.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Fort Gay Pre K-8)40.840.3
 0.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wayne County Schools)51.544.4
 7.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)48.844.2
 4.5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Fort Gay Pre K-8)56.518.6
 37.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Schools)48.940.6
 8.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)4038.1
 1.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Fort Gay Pre K-8)58.737.2
 21.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wayne County Schools)55.949.5
 6.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)47.244.3
 2.9%
5th Grade Science (Fort Gay Pre K-8)17.430.2
 12.8%
   5th Grade Science (Wayne County Schools)32.632.4
 0.2%
   5th Grade Science (West Virginia)35.430.8
 4.6%
6th Grade Mathematics (Fort Gay Pre K-8)198.5
 10.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Schools)32.231.8
 0.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)34.430.2
 4.2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Fort Gay Pre K-8)43.136.2
 6.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wayne County Schools)52.947
 5.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)45.345.4
 0.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Fort Gay Pre K-8)38.520.3
 18.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Schools)35.127.9
 7.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)36.830.7
 6%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Fort Gay Pre K-8)4036.2
 3.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wayne County Schools)48.138.2
 9.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)42.638.8
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Fort Gay Pre K-8)46.722.2
 24.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Schools)40.228.3
 11.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)36.628.2
 8.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Fort Gay Pre K-8)36.724
 12.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wayne County Schools)41.345.4
 4.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)43.942.7
 1.2%
8th Grade Science (Fort Gay Pre K-8)3022.2
 7.8%
   8th Grade Science (Wayne County Schools)33.833.3
 0.5%
   8th Grade Science (West Virginia)33.127
 6.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students565551
 2.5%
African American45
 25%
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic21
 50%
Pacific Islander00
White553540
 2.4%
Two or More Races65
 16.7%


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Students at Fort Gay Pre K-8 are 98% White.

In the 2022-23 school year, 551 students attended Fort Gay Pre K-8.

Students who attend Fort Gay Pre K-8 usually go on to attend:

High : Tolsia High School

Fort Gay Pre K-8 ranks 268th of 368 West Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the West Virginia Department of Education.

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